Unknown Blue

[Jacqueline Burrell]

I have just returned from a trip to South Korea and am finding difficult to find any information on the local butterflies.

There dozens of these small blues both in Seoul and the port of Busan where these images were taken. It is feeding on Melampodium paludosum.

Thanks

Jacqueline

[Padfield]

I think this is Zizeeria maha. I don't know much about Asian butterflies but this is a common species throughout the region. The darkness of the underside spots seems to vary but the pattern remains constant. Do a Google image search for the species and you will find out if you agree with me! Or at least, you'll have a place to start your own investigation.

Funnily enough, there has already been a post with what I presumed to be Zizeeria maha - here:

http://www.ukbutterflies.co.uk/phpBB2/v ... =20&t=2452

Hope this helps

[Jacqueline Burrell]

In all I have at least a dozen pix of this species and having looked at a number of images on the web, I'm as certain as I can be that it is Zizeeria maha. I will be posting some other species I came across in Korea. Let's hope I'm as lucky with them.

It's a great site which I only discovered yesterday!

Thanks Padfield, your help is greatly appreciated.

Jacqueline